James Lloyd (Massachusetts)

James Lloyd (December 1769-5 April 1831) was a US Senator from Massachusetts from 9 June 1808 to 1 May 1813 (succeeding John Quincy Adams and preceding Christopher Gore) and from 5 June 1822 to 23 May 1826 (succeeding Harrison Gray Otis and preceding Nathaniel Silsbee). He was a member of the Federalist Party.

Biography
James Lloyd was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1769, and he worked as a merchant clerk before becoming the first president of the Boston Manufacturing Company. In 1800, he was elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives, and he won election to the State Senate in 1804. From 1808 to 1813, Lloyd served in the US Senate, finishing John Quincy Adams' term, and he was again re-elected in 1822 to succeed Harrison Gray Otis, serving until his own resignation in 1826 due to poor health. He died in 1831.